For 14+ years I’ve been a faithful, patient and loyal BellSouth Mobility … Cingular … AT&T customer. Mainly because I travel a 400 mile radius for business and they have had the most extensive coverage areas and descent service, pretty much …. until now. I used to get a good signal in my home and in my office at work on all the mobile phones I’ve had (Audiovox, Nokia, HTC, Samsung and Now HTC Inspire   4G   2.5E). Now, when I pick up my Inspire at my home (or office) and press the power button the signal indicator shows “H”-3 bars. Before I can unlock it, the indicator shows “H”-1 bar. If I make a call, sometimes, it will stay on “H”-1 bar BUT ……. you let me try ANYTHING with data (on my unlimited data plan) and it immediately streaks past 3G and shows “E”-4 bars. I never see “H” or “G” again until I’ve put the phone in ‘sleep mode’ and pick it up again later. Rinse and repeat.    Today was my second grandchild’s 1st birthday party. We were outdoors grilling and (7 miles across town from my home) discussing some of the recent destruction from the tornadoes locally and I was asked if I had seen the “YouTube” video from a near-by community. I said no and whipped out my trusty Inspire 2.5G and had an “H”-4 bars signal. I thought to myself ….. ‘this is going to be easy.” I hit the pre-loaded “YouTube” widget, turned the phone to landscape so I could take full advantage of the beautiful 4.3″ SLCD screen and all I got was a buffering wheel and after a couple of minutes returned the phone to the upright portrait view so as to see the signal strength …… it was “E”-5 bars. In disgust, I put the Inspire 2.5G back in it’s protective leather case and proceeded with 2 hot dogs, cole slaw and a very large piece of birthday cake. After a little settling, my son asked if I had been able to see that “YouTube” tornado video. I told him no, but, let’s try again. Sure enough, I had “H”-4 bars again and was satisfied that this would be the fastest video download (or stream) ever. Again after a minute or two of foot tapping, I returned the phone, again, to the portrait position and again, …. “E”-5 bars. Rinse and repeat.   I like the phone. It’s fast offline and on my Wifi at home. I don’t even have a problem with the duration of the battery. I have downloaded Market Apps to customize it to my liking. This fake 4G is …… well, I won’t call it false advertising (YET), lets just call it …….. A D*** LIE!    And now for the questions: 1) What is causing the “auto-switch” from “H” to “E”, especially for data, and what is the cure? 2) Do you have to be an Iphone owner to get at least a 3G signal? 3) My 30-day return expires in 5 days, can anyone tell me a comparable model from Verizon or Cellular South, because, if this problem isn’t resolved by AT&T in 4 days, I’ll be a proud new customer of some other company.